Amhara
English
Etymology
From Ge'ez ዐምሐራ (ʿämḥära).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æmˈhæɹə/
Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger): (file)
Noun
Amhara (plural Amharas)
- A member of a Semitic people of Ethiopia.
- 2002 August 1, Frank Tenaille, Music is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, →ISBN, page 168:
- Ahmed was also appreciated for his talents as a showman, because he had no equal in letting loose the famous eskista, with the heaving quiver of the torso and shoulders, of which Ethiopians are so fond. Eskista is the dance of the Amharas, enhancing amorous repartee and expressing collective jubilation.
Derived terms
Translations
a member of a Semitic people of Ethiopia
Proper noun
Amhara
- Ellipsis of Amhara people; synonym of Amharas; a Semitic-speaking people of Ethiopia.
- Ellipsis of Amhara language; synonym of Amharic; a Semitic language spoken by the Amharas, and a lingua franca used by Ethiopia.
- (historical) a province of the Ethiopian Empire
- A state of Ethiopia; in full, Amhara Region. Seat: Bahir Dar.
- 2023 October 30, Dawit Endeshaw, “Conflict in Ethiopia's Amhara kills dozens, rights body says”, in Reuters[1]:
- Spokespeople for the Ethiopian government, the army and Amhara's regional administration did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The government has not publicly commented on allegations its forces have committed abuses in Amhara.
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Amharic አማራ (ʾämara).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ma.ʁa/
Noun
Amhara m or f by sense (plural Amharas)
- Amhara (person)
Proper noun
Amhara f
- Amhara (province)